Necktie rack



Sept. 8, 1931.,

J. F. HARRRNGTON NECKTIE RACK FiledSept. 3, 1929 ATTORNEYS I HNVENTOR Jflaw-r1 ion/ Bi W 3 vii" Patented Sept. 8, 1931 PATENT OFFICEJEROME'FRANCISHARRINGTON, E NEW YORK, N. Y.

NncxTIE RACK Application filed September 3, 1929. Serial No. 390,036.

This invention relates to supporting racks,

' and has particular reference to an improved rack which is especiallydesigned for supporting neckties.

a The invention broadly comprehendsa necktie rack presenting a series ofgrippingjaws, between each pair of which the neck band portions of theties are adaptedto be gripped for retaining the same on the rack. 10,The invention further contemplates a necktie rack which facilitates theassociation of the ties therewith and the removal of the same therefromand which at the same time is constructed in such a manner as to 1;]compensate for variation-in the thicknesses of the ties. l i As a stillfurther object, the invention embodies a necktie rack which may bereadily associated with a wall or other supporting surface and detachedtherefrom whereby the rack, together with the ties, may be placed in atraveling bag without removing the ties from the rack.

Other objects of the invention-reside in the comparative simplicityof'construction of the rack, the economy with which it may be producedand the general efliciency derived therefrom. l

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is hadto-the following description and accompanying drawings, in which thereis exhibited one example or embodiment ofthe invention, while the claimsdefine the actual scope of the'same'.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a necktie ra'ckconstructed in accordance with the invention. 1 p v Figure '2 is atransverse sectional View therethrough, illustrating in full and dottedlines the folded and unfolded condition of the tie clamping element.Figure 3 is a similar view of a modified form of'the invention.Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the rack includesa base A, preferably constructed of an elongated strip of substantiallyrigid sheet metal provided atits opposite ends with hearing ears 10having aligned openings which a rod 11' is journaled forrotation,whereby the rod is disposed in spaced arallel relation to one face ofthe-base A. n practice, suction cups 12 will be carried by the oppositesurface of the base A whereby the rack may be readily attached to ordetached from a wall or other supporting surface B. i The rack furtherincludes a tie clamping element designated generally by the referencecharacter G, which is constructed of a strip of flexible resilient ma-6o terial, such as spring metal, which is bent upon itself to provide aseries of semi-elliptical contiguous loops 13, which loops are joinedatone of their ends by thebights 14 While a the opposite bights 15thereof 5 are spaced apart to provide flared entrance mouths 16 leadinginto the gripping jaws or portions 17 of the arms of adjacent loops.

The free extremities 18 of the strip fromwhich the tie clamping elementis constructed terminate in alignment with the ends of the loops whichare joined by the bights 1d, and said extremities and ends of the loopsare 'apertured to receive therethrough the rod 11.

Preferably, the rod and apertures are of noncircular formation toprevent independent swinging movement or twisting, of the several loopsso that the rod and loops are swung in unison. In practice, theextremities 18 and the bights 14 extend beyond the rod 11 an'soappropriate distance to contact with the base A to prevent accidentalswinging movement of the tie clamping element from its activeoutwardlyprojecting position while permitting forcible turning of thesame to the folded position illustrated in. dotted. lines in Figure 2..A

Under this construction and arrangement, it is apparent that the loops13 may be shifted relatively and axially of the rod 11 to compensate forvariation in the thicknesses of the ties which are supported-by therack.

In applying the ties to the rack, the medial neck band portion isentered initially in the flared entrance mouth 16 and forced inwardlybetween the jaws or portions 17 which grip the neck band portionandpermitthe opposite ends of the tie to han downwardly, as illustratedin Figure 1. %)bviously,' the removal of the tie is accomplished bypulling the neck band portion" outwardly from between the jaws orportions 17 of adjacent loops. When it is desired to carry the ties andrack in a travelin bag, it is only necessary to detach the suction cupsfrom the supporting surface B andswing the tie clamping element C fromthe position illustrated in fulllines in Figure 2 to the positionillustratedin dotted lines.

In some instances, it may be desirable to aflord a greater tie capacityby providing an additional-tie clamping element C, as illustrated inFigure 3, and in this instance, when the rack is set up and supportedfor use, the

elements C and C are disposed at an angle to each other and to-the baseA, as illustrated in Figure 3. In carrying this rack for traveling, theelements C and C may be swung from theactive set up position to thefolded 7 position illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 3.

What is claimed is:

1. In a necktie rack, a supporting base having parallel bearings at itsupper and lower ends, a vertical rod journaled'for rotation in saidbearings and spaced from the base and tie clamping means consisting of astrip of flexible resilient material bent upon itself to provide "aseries ofcontiguous semi-elliptic loops through thefree ends of whichstrip and the connected ends of the loops, the rod extends to permit oflateral swinging movement of the clamping means with respect to the baseand relative sliding movement of the loops on the vertical rod.

2. A necktie rack including a base, tie clamping means presenting aplurality of flexible semi-elliptic loops and means for mounting the tieclamping means on the base for lateralswinging movement of the loops inunison and for relative longitudinal slid ing movement of the loopsconsisting of a non-circular rod journaled in the base for rotation andaligned non-circular apertured portions at the free extremities of theloops through which said rod extends.

3. A necktie rack including a base, a strip of flexible resilientmaterial bent upon itself to provide a plurality of connected contiguoussemi-elliptic loops, the extremities of the strip and the connected endsof the loops having aligned apertures, a shaft journaled in said base,extending longitudinally thereof in spaced relation thereto andextending through said apertures, whereby said strip extremities and theconnected ends of the loops are capable of relativemov'ement toward andaway from each other and are mounted for swinging movement in unison.

4. A necktie rack including a base, a rod carried by the base and spacedin parallel relationthereto and a resilient element bent upon itself toprovide a plurality of contiguous semi-elliptic loops carried by andprojected in one direction from the rod, ad-

j acent pairs of which loops define outwardly divergent gripping jaws.

5. A necktie rack including a base, a squared rod journaled at its endsto the base in spaced substantially parallel relation thereto and aresilient element bent upon itself to provide a. plurality of contiguoussemi-elliptic loops, adjacent pairs of which define gripping jaws, thefree ends of said element and the connected ends of the loops havingaligned squared apertures through which the rod snugly extends, the saidrod and looped element being swingable in unison on the base.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this30th day of August A. D. 1929.

JEROME FRANCIS HARRINGTON.

